title: Altered pattern of cytokine production by peripheral blood CD2+ cells from B chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.
abstract: To determine if activation-induced cytokine production is altered in CD2+ lymphocytes from B-CLL patients, cytokine levels were determined by ELISA in supernatants of PHA-stimulated cultures of CD2+ cells from 33 B-CLL patients and 22 healthy controls. The production of Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-alpha) by mitogen-activated CD2+ lymphocytes from B-CLL patients was higher than that found in healthy controls, while no differences were found in TNF-beta production. IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha levels determined at 72 h in PHA-stimulated CD2+ cell cultures from B-CLL patients statistically correlated with the percentages of CD3+CD45RO+ and CD3-CD56+ lymphocytes, respectively. Although there were differences in the production kinetics of interleukins (ILs) 2 and 4 between B-CLL patients and the healthy controls, no differences were found at the time when the levels of both interleukins peak. The production of both IFN-gamma and IL-4 by PHA-stimulated CD2+ lymphocytes from non-smouldering B-CLL patients was significantly higher than that from smouldering B-CLL patients while no significant differences were found in the production of IL-2, TNF-alpha, and TNF-beta between the two B-CLL patient groups. These data suggest that functional alterations in the production of cytokines by CD2+ cells from B-CLL patients could help to explain the expansion of leukemic cells in B-CLL patients.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carrión
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García-Suarez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Esquivel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guillén
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Mon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000097:blood*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D018801:CD2 Antigens; D016207:Cytokines